Plants vs. Zombies, Defense Grid bring Tower Defense to XBLA

If you're a fan of killing either zombies or aliens and enjoy tower defense …

Two of the biggest PC tower defense games are coming to the Xbox 360 via Live Arcade; the two represent extreme ends of the genre's play styles. With PopCap Games' Plants vs. Zombies, players set up their garden as a last line of defense against the undead hordes for an experience that is simultaneously cute and complex. Defense Grid: The Awakening is quite possibly the most epic title of this sort that you're likely to play.

Members of the WorthPlaying team met with Garth Chouteau of PopCap Games up at Casual Connect this week, whereupon he revealed that Plants vs. Zombies would be coming to the Xbox 360. Chouteau, "revealed to us that P vs. Z is coming to XBLA, but did not elaborate any further on whether we can expect extras such as achievements, multiplayer or even a release date."

It's no surprise that the game is coming to the console, as PopCap recently revealed it wanted to bring it to more systems. Presumably, this won't be happening for a little while, as the game doesn't even have an upcoming release page on Xbox.com.

Meanwhile, it has been revealed that the popular Defense Grid: The Awakening will be coming to the console in the near future. If you happen to be at Comic Con, the game will be playable at Microsoft's booth, but, "this will be the only time players will be able to get some hands on time with the game before it comes out on Xbox Live." Defense Grid is due out sometime later this Summer.

No price has been announced , but it seems reasonable to assume that it will be around $20 or less, as it has been for the PC. While that might sound a bit high for an XBLA game, bear in mind that Defense Grid contains 12 hours of story play, 24 unique environments, four bonus Borderlands maps, and over 100 unlockable challenge modes.

That either of these games is coming to the 360 would be pretty big news, but the fact that both of them are set to arrive is a fantastic development for anyone who's a fan of tower defense titles.